“GoMCarb” Partnership” Offshore Gulf of Mexico Partnership for Carbon Storage

Resources and Technology Development Cooperative Agreement: DE-FE0031558

Susan Hovorka, Tip Meckel, and Ramón TreviñoGulf Coast Carbon Center,

Bureau of Economic GeologyJackson School of GeosciencesThe University of Texas at Austin

U.S. Department of EnergyNational Energy Technology Laboratory

Addressing the Nation’s Energy Needs Through Technology Innovation – 2019 Carbon Capture,Utilization, Storage, and Oil and Gas Technologies Integrated Review Meeting

August 26-30, 2019

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Presentation Outline

• Offshore storage portfolio• Partners and collaborators• Storage resource status• Risk assessment - blowouts• Monitoring• Knowledge sharing – stakeholder surveys

Global and US Offshore storage portfolio

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Global and US Offshore storage Status

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StudiesProject Plans Injection under way

1.0 ManagementGCCC Univ of Texas

Explanation

Task 2.1 characterization GCCC -UTIG- GDBS –LA GS –

Task 2.2 Data Gap AssessmentFugeroTDI-Brooks

Task 3.1 RiskLBNL –LLNL -

Task 4. MVA GCCC Lamar University –LBNL – Rice UFUGROGERG

Task 5.1 CO2Transport and deliveryTrimericAKER

Task 6.1 Stakeholder OutreachUT Comm Dept

Task 2.3 Offshore and reservoir storage EOR potentialBEG- NunezUSGS

Task 3.2 Geologic ModelingGCCC - UT Petroleum Geosystems Engineering

Task 5.2 ScenerioOptimizationGCCC

Task 5.3 Communication GCCC

Task 6.2 Technical OutreachGCCCTrimeric –

Source outreach

Task 6.3 Advisory PanelIEA GHG UKBOEM USExxon Mobil Shell UK

IEA ParisCarbon Net AuGuagzhou ChinaEdinburgh UKRITE JapanSENER – MexicoPEMEX MexicoCATF Env NGOSandia NLFinley South AfricaNOK- UK

State or University ParticipantFederal participantCommercial participantNGO or other

Partners and collaborators

Dense data

GDBS seismic lines

GDBS Well data

Dense data

3-D surveys loaded

Paleogeography and principal depositional systems of the Middle Miocene depositional episode

Galloway et al., 2005

Stacked reservoirs separated by mudrocksFocused near current coastArealy extensive

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Collaboration with Dr Robert Finley

Storage Resource Assessment status

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High Island analog studies

Initial look at newest survey – TX OBS (mid-Texas Coast)

11Seismic data owned by SEI, Inc. Interpretation is that of the Bureau of Economic Geology.

Chandeleur Sound, LAGulf Basin Depositional Synthesis, UTIG

12Seismic data owned by SEI, Inc. Interpretation is that of the Bureau of Economic Geology

High Island Analog studies

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High Island Prospect Evaluation

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Analogs

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High Island prospect studies: Three-D models

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High Island Fault Studies

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Risk Assessment – FaultsJosh White, LLNL

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Reprocessing High Resolution

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Ye Feng BEG

Risk Assessment of Offshore CO2 Wells and Pipelines

Curtis M. Oldenburg, Lehua Pan, Yingqi Zhang, and Quanlin Zhou (LBNL)

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• Offshore GCS needs sub-sea risk assessment

• For the GoMCarb project, we are coupling three existing models to understand consequences of offshore CO2 leaks and blowouts

• T2Well for reservoir-well flow• TAMOC for jet and buoyant plume

flow in the water column• NRAP MSLR for atmospheric

dispersion

Well

Water Column

Atmosphere

Reservoir

T2Well

TAMOC

NRAP MSLRwind

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To understand effects of water column (depth), we simulated a large CO2 blowout

(~35 kg/s) for two casesCase I (50 m depth) Case II (10 m depth) • Preliminary results show

• Median bubble size is ~0.5 mm• 99% of the CO2 is dissolved in

the seawater for a blowout at 50 m depth (v. little surface emission)

• 94% of the CO2 is emitted at the sea surface for a blowout at 10 m depth (v. little dissolution)

• The CO2 concentration in air reduces by a factor of 100 within 0.5 km of the emission site in the 10 m case under light wind (1 m/s at 10 m elevation).

CO2 transitions from jet to buoyant plume and mostly dissolves during rise in 50 m case

CO2 mostly jet-like in 10 m case with very little dissolution

Offshore Monitoring

• Adaption of global experience to GoM Conditions– STEMM CCS, Northern Lights, Tomakomai

• Pipelines – Daniel Chen. Lamar Univ.• High resolution seismic

– Improved skills from Tomakomai

• DAS in this setting –Jonathan Ajo Franklin (Rice University)

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InfrastructureDarshan Sachde, Ray Mc Kaskle, Katherine Drombrowski, Trimeric

• 10-L Existing well analysis – 33 wells– Diameters 5.5” to 10.8”– Depth 5,800 to 14,000 ft– Key risk, any value?

• Two existing pipelines in 10-L– Assess suitability for retrofit

• Future Aker Solutions – Options for new well completions

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Knowledge Sharing

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American Beach and Shore Preservation Association

50th annual Offshore Technology Conference

Upcoming: International Offshore Conference Series: 4th International Workshop on Offshore CCS with STEMM-CCS final results. GCCC UT, IEAGHG, STEMM-CCS. Hosted by University of Bergen, 11-13 Feb 2020

Events hosted at Lamar University, Beaumont: Joint project meetings, Community interactions

Joint GoMCarb-SECARB meeting

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Cheniere LNG plant600,000 -1,000,000 MMT CO2

Information Seeking StudiesR Lim1,L. Atkinson1, Ln Kahlor1,Hilary Clement Olson2, Emily Moskal2

1Stan Richards School of Advertising and PR, Moody College of Communication,, The University of Texas at Austin

• Low CCS awareness. Around 10% among people in the U.S (Boyd et al., 2017); 67% knew very little about CCS (Kahlor et al. 2017)

• Climate change. Perceive as an environmental risk, seriousness higher support (Selma et al. 2014)

• Trust. Trust varied by different information source (e.g., lower trust government and oil & gas industry, higher trust university scientists) (Kahlor et al. 2017)

• Benefits and risks perception. Impacts CCS support/opposition (Huijteset al. 2007; Tokushige et al. 2007; Wallquist et al. 2012)

• Misconception. Based on past experiences (e.g., similar industries, capture processes, etc.), and inaccurate info (Ashworth et al., 2015)

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How to create messages that resonate with stakeholders in

Coastal Areas• Data collection in

Port Arthur area July, 2019

• Early messages• Jobs/clean industry• Hurricanes/flood

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Sea Rim State Park Community In-Power and Development Ass. Inc.International Seafarers Ass.Realtors, lawyers

U.S Fish and WildlifeLamar University Big Thicket AssociationTexas Point Nat’l Wildlife Refuge McFadden Nat’l Wildlife RefugeCoastal Fisheries (TPWD)

Accomplishments to Date

– Mapping analog sites at level of detail needed to advance toward real projects. .

– Broaden coverage in basin– Begin assessments of fault risk– Complete initial blowout risk assessment– Begin knowledge sharing– Begin stakeholder engagement work

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Lessons Learned– Dense data requires strategic approach to support rapid

progress: use detailed “analog” sites to probe deeply into data needs.

– Infrastructure evaluation remains challenging – data are incomplete and scattered

– Shallow water near-shore setting is different from deeper offshore settings – e.g. blowout response

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Synergy Opportunities

– Strong global opportunities to leverage US efforts– Possibility for US leadership in future.– Collaboration with SECARB offshore and groups

working offshore Atlantic and Pacific

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Next Steps

– Project in full swing– Continued characterization of regions followed by analog sites– Modeling efforts –esp. fluid flow and geomechanics will be a

next step– Shallow-Gulf specific risks, monitoring, and infrastructure.

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Appendix

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Benefit to the Program

• Establishment of a Government-Academic-Industry Partnership for Offshore CCS Research.

• Determining the CO2 storage resource potential of offshore oil, gas, and saline bearing formations.

• Improving carbon storage efficiency and security by advancing new and early-stage monitoring tools and models.

• Improving capabilities to evaluate and manage environmental risks and uncertainty through integrated risk-based strategic monitoring and mitigation protocols

• Disseminating findings and lessons learned to the broader CCS community and key stakeholders

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Project Overview: Goals and Objectives

• The primary objective of this FOA is to develop an Offshore Carbon Storage Partnership that is similar in structure to the existing RCSPs Characterization Phase, but is focused on sub-seafloor saline or hydrocarbon reservoir-associated geologic storage.

• Assemble the knowledge base required for secure, long-term, large-scale CO2 storage, with or without enhanced hydrocarbon recovery.

• Identify and address knowledge gaps, regulatory issues, infrastructure requirements, and technical challenges associated with offshore CO2 storage.

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GoMCarb Organizational Chart

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Gantt Chart